Kammer Research Group

B.Sc., Civil Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
M.Sc., Civil Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Ph.D., Mechanics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

Research Interest: I am interested in dynamic phenomena related to the failure of materials and structures with particular focus on interfaces and heterogeneous systems. I am working on answers to questions such as: “What governs the frictional strength of an interface and how can we describe the onset of sliding?”, “How is the interface toughness affected by local heterogeneities?”, and “How do materials fail under multi-physical loading conditions?”. My tools are numerical models, high-performance computing, and applied mechanics.

B.Sc., Civil Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Exchange program, B.Sc., Civil Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW)
M.Sc., Civil Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

Gabriele’s research interests lie in the numerical modelling of solids and in high-performance scientific computing. Currently, he is focusing on friction and tribology. Using finite element analysis he studies the fracture process at frictional interfaces in heterogeneous media.

B.Sc., Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University (NTU)
M.Sc., Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University (NTU)

Chun-Yu’s research interests lie in large-scale experiments and in high-performance scientific computing. Currently, he is focusing on laboratory earthquakes in granite faults. By experiments, theoretical and numerical analysis he studies the rupture process at a frictional interface of granite in a saw-cut simulated fault.

Chun-Yu is coadvised by Prof. McLaskey (CEE Cornell University).